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GOVIND MADHAV
SOLEGAONKAR
(1912 ‒ 1986)
Untitled (Elephants in a Forest)
Signed ‘Solegaonkar’ (lower right)
Oil on masonite board
40.5 x 45.5 in (102.6 x 115.8 cm)
Rs 2,00,000 ‒ 4,00,000
$ 3,035 ‒ 6,065
PROVENANCE:
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 4 September
2012, lot 154
Private Collection, India
Born in 1912 in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, Govind Madhav Solegaonkar
was educated in Bombay and Indore, and studied at the Sir J J School
of Art in Bombay. Following his initial training, Solegaonkar went on to
experiment with different styles, and indigenous materials, specialising
in murals, portraits and landscapes. His work “...exhibited extraordinary
draughtsmanship and moved towards styles which suggested
movement through powerful drawing, and volume through well‒
modulated silhouette. The romantic nuances of miniatures, and the
vigour and dynamism of folk painting are evident.” (Pran Nath Mago,
Contemporary Art in India: A Perspective
,
New Delhi: National Book
Trust, 2001, p. 49) This seamless assimilation of techniques is evident
in
Elephants in a Forest
,
where the flat application of colour, fluidity of
lines, and treatment of the two men in the foreground hint at Japanese
and Indian miniature painting influences.
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SADANAND BAKRE
(1920 – 2007)
Untitled
Signed ‘Bakre’ and dated in Devnagari (lower left);
inscribed ‘S. K. BAKRE’ and dated in Devnagari (on the reverse)
1963-1964
Oil on masonite board
23.5 x 29.5 in (60 x 74.8 cm)
Rs 4,00,000 ‒ 6,00,000
$ 6,065 ‒ 9,095
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, UK
Private Collection, North India